ILOILO – The Department of Education (DepEd) has assured the public that the integration of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in schools adheres to age-appropriate and concept-appropriate guidelines.
ILOILO – Batad became the first municipality in this province to benefit from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Walang Gutom Program (WGP).
ILOILO – This province officially launched its first-ever Family and Youth Development Center (FYDC) on January 15, a milestone in the provincial government’s efforts to empower families and young people in the First District.
ILOILO – Animal welfare groups, including the Animal Kingdom Foundation and Team Aspin of Iloilo (TAIL), have called on the local government unit (LGU) of the municipality of San Joaquin to cease the annual Pasungay Festival, citing concerns over animal cruelty.
ILOILO – In 2019, hypertensive cardiovascular disease was the second leading cause of death, and hypertension was the third leading cause of diseases in this province.
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. handed over a P15-million check to the local government unit (LGU) of Estancia on Thursday morning, February 13, for the establishment of a solid waste management and material recovery facility.
ILOILO City – For 15 years now, the Uswag Scholarship, a pet program of Mayor Jerry P. Treñas since he was a congressman, has benefitted a total of 29,389 Ilonggo students in this southern city.
ILOILO – The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has called on all 43 local chief executives in the province to prioritize rabies prevention programs, particularly by allocating funds for the procurement of human rabies vaccines, in line with the goal of achieving a rabies-free Iloilo by 2030.
ILOILO – Alarmed by the rising number of road accidents across the province — some involving underage drivers — Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has issued a call to action: obey traffic rules and keep minors off the road.
ILOILO – In a step toward empowering families and the youth, the municipality San Dionisio and Passi City are set to construct their own Family and Youth Development Centers (FYDC), following the turnover of P5-million in funding to each locality from the Iloilo provincial government.
